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• Gas Turbines

  Siemens and Orascom Construction to rebuild 1.6 GW power plant in Iraq

  Siemens and Orascom Construction signed an agreement with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity to rebuild Baiji 1 and Baiji 2 power plants in northern Iraq. The plants will have ...

  On September 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Company News

  MAN Cryo to supply LNG fuel-gas system for gas-battery propulsion system

  MAN Energy Solutions’ marine LNG fuel-gas-system manufacturer – has announced that it will supply an LNG fuel-gas supply system to Norwegian ship owner, Egil Ulvan Rederi, for a ...

  On September 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Steam Turbines

  One thousandth steam turbine rolls out of Siemens Indian facility

  Siemens announced a key milestone for its steam turbine factory in Vadodara with the roll-out of the 1,000th steam turbine from the factory.  The 1,000th turbine is a 29 ...

  On September 14, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Selecting seal materials

  There are five elements to each mechanical seal that must be evaluated for each application. The first element is referred to as the Primary Sealing Element. This is ...

  On September 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  MHPS to supply combined cycle to Hong Kong

  Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has received an order for natural-gas-fired gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power generation system equipment for Lamma Power Station’s Unit 12 (output: ...

  On September 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  Siemens to build new combined cycle power plant in France

  Siemens will build a new combined cycle power plant as a turnkey project in Landivisiau in western France. The company will also operate and maintain the plant for ...

  On September 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Caithness Energy orders GE’s HA gas turbines for Ohio plant

  Caithness Energy has ordered three of GE’s record-setting 7HA.02 gas turbines for its 1,875-megawatt, combined-cycle, natural gas electric generating facility—the Guernsey Power Station—in Guernsey County, Ohio. In addition ...

  On September 12, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• 

  Pumps

  What are magnetic drive centrifugal pumps

  A magnetic-drive, sealless, centrifugal pump offers complete containment of process liquid, utilizing product lubricated bearings within a pressure boundary and a magnetic coupling to transmit torque across a ...

  On September 7, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Eight aeroderivates on barges to power New York City

  New York City may soon be powered with two new power barges with eight Siemens 76-MW aeroderivative gas turbines. Under a announced contract signed by Astoria Generating Co. ...

  On September 7, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Energy & Conference News

  Oslo-based start-up’s thermal battery integrates CSP with steam turbine in Sicily

  Around a dozen start-ups globally are busy with the development of highly efficient energy storage technologies for industrial applications. The objective of these efforts  being the effective integration ...

  On September 7, 2019 / By TMI Staff & Contributors